Marxism

Which Marx are we talking about?

With all the talk of the "99 percent" vs. the "1 percent," we thought we'd examine the words of Karl Marx, some of which have new relevance today. Here is a sampling.

“The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people.”

"If the laborer consumes his disposable time for himself, he robs the capitalist."

"Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too hard to read."

Um... Sorry, we're now being told that the last quote may actually have been Groucho Marx, not Karl. (I knew we shouldn't have trusted that encyclopedia we got at the dollar store.)

While we're at it, we should make another correction. In an earlier post we referred to a Marx brothers movie as “The History of All Hitherto Existing Society Is the History of Class Struggles.” The real title was "Duck Soup."